The depressing new trend that shows how long the shutdown has lasted

Let's hope people growing shutdown beards don't make it this far. (Getty Images)

Furloughed workers and their sympathizers have found a creative way to count the days the government is closed.

The depressing new trend that shows how long the shutdown has lasted

This is one way to pass the time during a shutdown.As the government shutdown begins its second week, furloughed workers, journalists and anyone else with the desire to show off their facial hair on Twitter are growing beards to mark the days the federal government is closed.Called a shutdown beard, its even got its own Twitter handle:Stopped shaving when the #govtshutdown started. Hoping it ends before it gets too hairy pic.twitter.com/wL5OgDGOxO- Govt Shutdown Beard (@shutdownbeard) October 6, 2013And hashtag:Listen #shutdown ...

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